Corset



M. VON HALLE CORSET Filed June 19. 1922 ATTORNEY Patented ug. ld, i923.

unTTen sTaTas retains eaTenT oratore@ MILLARD VON HALLE, 0F PALISADESPARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSXGNOR T0 THE STANDARD CORSET COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F MASSA- CHUSETTS.

CORSET.

Application led June 19, 1922. Serial No. 569,343.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it kno-wn that I, MiLLAnD VON HALLE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Palisades Park, in the county of Bergen and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorsets; of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets and particularly to thattype of stays commonly known as a reducing corset. lts main object is toprovide a'corset that will, in addition to the. usual functions of suchan article of apparel, serve as an abdominal support and reducer.

The invention is embodied in one concrete and referred form in theaccompanying drawing, which shows a plan view of the body parts of acorset fastened or hooked together at the front but with the back of thecorset unlaoed or open.

l indicates the usual body parts of a backl laced corset having verticalinserts of resilient material 2 that are commoon to corsets of thistype. 3 are the usual hookend-stud fasteners for closing the front ofthe corset attached in the usual manner to the front steels, bone, orother stilfening material 4 of the corset. 5 indicates the twosupporting and reducing parts which are here permanently secured at oneside or edge 6 to the corset, one on each side of the front steel orbone 4.

The parts 5 each comprise two strips of resilient material 7a and 7barranged in oblique relation t-o each other so that they overlap and sothat a straight substantially vertical edge is formed on each side oftthe supporting and reducing part 5, as at 6 and 8, the edge 6 being ofgreatest length and the overlapping of the strips being of least extentat that side of the supporting and reducing part 5 that is permanentlysecured to the corset. The extent of the overlapping of the strips 7 aand 7b increases toward the free end of the support until at the outeredge 8 of the support 5 they are almost completely overlapped where theyare se curely fastened or joined together so as to form a strong supportfor one end of an adjusting means 9 attached to said straight edgemidway between the top and bottom thereof to eXert a pull upon the suporting and reducing means. The other en of the adjusting means 9 .ispermanently secured `front openin parts consisting of two strips ofresilient f tion on the form of the wearer of the corset.'

After the corset has been, inthe usual manner, placed in position on thebody of the wearer, a pull upon the stra l2 of the adjusting means willexert a pu l or strain upon the supportingand reducing part 5 that,because of the oblique and overlapped arrangement of the parts, willtend by means of the lower edge of strip 7b to lift and., after theadjusting means has been fastened to sustain this pull or strain7 tohold in elevated position any superfluous flesh at the lower part of theabdomen of the wearer and by means of the overlapping of the strips 7aand 7h to flatten c-ircumferentially such superfluous tlesh thusdistributing it more evenly over that part of the body of the wearer andthereb improving the appearance, the lower ec ge of strips 7b and theupper edge of strip 7a holding such superfluous flesh in osition.

The strips 7 and b being of resilient material any undue pressure thatwould detract from the comfort of the wearer is avoided and theoverlapping of the strips 7a and 7b afford the desired degree ofstrength at the point where the greatest reduction orl ilattening isrequired.

A reinforcing strip of any suitable material may be applied to the outeredge 8 of the part 5 if desired.

l claim:

l.. A corset comprising the usual body parts having suitable means forlacing and fastening these parts together around the body of the wearerand having permanently secured thereto, at a suitable point below thewaist line of the corset, means for supporting and reducing the abdomenof the wearer comprising: two parts, one of which is locat-ed on oneside of the front opening of the corset and the other of which islocated directly opposite on the other side of the of the corset, eachof these material and each of the two strips being permanently securedat one end to the corset 1n oblique relation to the front openingthereof and in oblique and overlapped relation to each other, so that asthey recede from said front opening the extent of the overlap isincreased, the free ends of these two stri s being fastened together toform a straigit vertical edge, and an adjusting means secured to saidstraight edge midway between its top and bottom edges and also at apoint in the same horizontal plane to that part of the corset to whichsaid supporting and reducing means is permanently secured.

2. A corset comprising the usual body parts having suitable means forlacing and fastening these parts together around the body of the wearerand having permanently secured thereto, at a suitable point below thewaist line of the corset, means for supporting and reducing the abdomenof the wearer comprising: two parte, one of which is located on one sideof the front opening of the corset and the other of which is locateddirectly opposite on the other side of the front opening of the corset,each of these parts consisting of two strips of resilient material andeach of the two stri s being permanently secured at one end to t ecorset in oblique relation to the front opening thereof and in obliqueand overlapped relation to each other, so that as they recede from saidfront opening the extent of the overlap is increased,the free ends ofthese two strips being fastened toget-her to form a straight verticaledge and an adjusting means for exerting and sustaining. a pull uponsaid supporting and reducing means to lift by means of the lower obliqueedge of the support any superfluous flesh at that part of the body ofthe wearer and to hold such esh by means of the oblique top and bottomedges of the support in position and to flatten such superfluous fleshcircumferentially by means of the overlapped strips, said adjustingmeans .being secured in the same horizontal plane to the straightvertical edge of said supporting and reducing means midway between thetop and bottom edges of said vertical edge and to that part of thecorset to which said supporting and reducing means is permanentlysecured.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New `York and State of NewYork, this 5th day of June, 1922.

MILLARD VON HALLE.

